A personal blog by a graying (mostly Anglo with light African-American roots) gay leftist leaning liberal progressive fit married college-educated former Baha'i NPR-listening Professor Emeritus now following the Dharma from California to Minas Gerais, Brasil.

Monday, June 26, 2017

Via Sri Prem Baba – Awaken Love / Flower of the Day: 06/26/17

“When you see yourself feeling pleasure and feeding on scenes of violence, try to observe who in you is enjoying this. If you can, close your eyes and stay silent for one minute. You will see that there is a suffering self feeding on negative emotions like anger, fear and revenge. In this case, if you want to decondition the mind and reprogram past patterns; if you want to divorce your vital energy from suffering so that your pleasure may be positively oriented, stop feeding this cruelty and turn off the television or computer.”